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How to retrieve item values from an area with the API

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Allan Iversen
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Posted on 30/05/2013 09:41:11

Hey,

This is probably a simple question, but how do I retrieve the item field values defined by my item type on an area with the API?

What I want is to retrieve these values from my eg. content module running on a specific area.

Could you provide an example for this?

- Allan


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Morten Bengtson
Posted on 30/05/2013 10:18:37
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Try this...

var item = Dynamicweb.Frontend.PageView.Current().Item;
var value = item["myfield"];

EDIT: Sorry, this was for retreiving valuse from the Page item, not the area item.
 
Allan Iversen
Posted on 30/05/2013 10:33:37
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Hey Morten,

 

Thanks for your help, but...

 

Dynamicweb.Frontend.PageView.Current().Item is null :-)

 

I would expect that both the item type system name and item field system name would be necessary for looking up the value. It would be possible have more than one item field with same system name cross item types, right?

 

Any other ideas?

 

- Allan

 
Allan Iversen
Posted on 30/05/2013 10:51:22
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Hi again,


I found a bit more.


The Area object on the page view contains the item type system name defined on the area.


How do I retrieve the value from the item type system name and my item field system name?


What about the Dynamicweb.Content.Items namespace? Dynamicweb.Content.Items.Item.GetItemById return an Item type, but with my item type and item field, it returns null.

 

I'm not sure that this is right approach.

 

- Allan

 
Mikkel Ricky
Posted on 30/05/2013 12:00:08
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You have to get the area item yourself from the item storage using values from the area:

var pageView = Dynamicweb.Frontend.PageView.Current();
var item = Dynamicweb.Content.Items.ItemManager.Storage.GetById(Dynamicweb.Base.ChkString(pageView.Area.get_Value("AreaItemType")), Dynamicweb.Base.ChkString(pageView.Area.get_Value("AreaItemId")));

Best regards,
Mikkel


 

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Allan Iversen
Posted on 30/05/2013 12:21:34
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Hey Mikkel,

Ahh, I see! It works.

Thanks for your help.

 

- Allan

 

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